LONG KEY, FL – Monroe County Fire Rescue responded about 1:45 p.m. Thursday to a
three-vehicle accident on Long Key Bridge, near Mile Marker 66 on the Overseas
Highway. The accident left one woman dead and three others with non-life
threatening injuries.
Monroe County Fire Rescue transported the
three injured people to Mariners Hospital in Tavernier.
The bridge was closed in both directions to enable the vehicles to be removed
and for Florida Highway Patrol to conduct its accident investigation. As of
4:45 p.m., the road remained closed.